On all stylists’ top trends list this season is ‘the boyfriend piece’. The boyfriend jacket, the boyfriend sweater, the boyfriend jean. I don’t have a boyfriend. I havn’t even had a date in three years. I’m not really looking to fulfill that area of my life from Saks or Topshop.
On my recent trip to NYC, I did tons of ‘retail therapy‘….enough to fully make up for my lack of ‘couples therapy’. Display on one shop window was a sign claiming ‘boyfriend friendly’. I did enter the store with the intent of finding out what ‘boyfriend friendly’ meant. My curiosity was kicked to the curb. Not one bit of friendly, nor one item that looked like the highly pushed ‘boyfriend piece’.
Regardless, I’d just like to say: back in the day, we ripped in boyfriend jackets, and pants, and long underwear. It smelled bad, didn’t fit, and was available in those great boyfriend colors: mustard, ketchup, and forest green. We rode anyway because it was fun, and that’s fashion.
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